Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris are spending their first Fourth of July in the company of friends. Just like last year, it reportedly seemed the “Bad Blood” singer will be hosting yet another star-studded bash.

In a report by NBC, Chicago has already "received more than 60 inches for the season. And Detroit received 39.1 inches in January, the city's snowiest month ever. The city now has more than 70 inches total. Its all-time snowiest season was 1880-1881, when 93.6 inches were recorded."

Coca-Cola has debuted its "It's Beautiful" commercial during the Super Bowl on Sunday, featuring a multilingual rendition of "America the Beautiful." The ad, which was backdropped by seven different languages, was intended to promote the country's diversity. However, it produced a total opposite effect on the masses.

According to a study by the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, around 4.6 million people will be moved out of the poverty line because of the government's decision to raise the $7.25 an hour minimum wage to $10.10 an hour. It also said that the bill can also reduce the ranks of the nation's poor by 6.8 million, accounting for longer-term effects.

Whilst K-Pop is slowly spreading worldwide it has yet to find a mass audience and although many K-pop artists have tried, they have failed to break into the US Market. But do we really want K-Pop to break into a market that is so homogenized?

The National Employment Law Project has announced that the wage increase petition has been approved by the national government. However, only 13 states are covered by the new law which will start on January 1.
Here is a breakdown of the new minimum wage set for each state: